| Load Time | Load Date | Source | Title | Link | Snippet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | WTTW | Lawsuit Involving Disgraced Ex-Detective Set for Trial, As Lawyers Reach Settlement With Wrongfully Convicted Man Sent to Death Row | https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/04/lawsuit-involving-disgraced-ex-detective-set-trial-lawyers-reach-settlement-wrongfully | A federal jury is set to decide whether disgraced former Chicago Police Department Detective Reynaldo Guevara coerced a man into confessing he committed a gruesome double murder and kidnapping in 1998, records show. In the trial set to start May 11, the jury will be asked to decide whether Guevara … |
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | WBEZ | A volunteer project is turning Chicagoan’s collection of live recordings into online archive that can play on forever | https://www.wbez.org/music/2026/05/04/aadam-jacobs-online-archive-tapes-concerts | Aadam Jacobs has been thinking a lot about the late Chicago photographer Vivian Maier. “Remember how she took a million photos and after she died, [ _they were all found_ ][18] … and _now_ she’s famous?” he said about the local nanny/prolific street photographer who never got to see her … |
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | WBEZ | Is it dance? Is it art? Brendan Fernandes defies definition | https://www.wbez.org/dance/2026/05/04/driehaus-museum-brendan-fernandes-performances-in-the-round | The Murphy Auditorium inside Chicago’s Driehaus Museum is an unusual room with a lot of churchy touches. Choir stalls line the back wall, a pipe organ console sits parked at the side of the balcony, and a large stained-glass window identifies the space’s former owner, the American College of Surgeons. … |
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | WBEZ | New club Decibel opens in former Berlin space on Belmont: ‘Thankfully it still has the same energy’ | https://www.wbez.org/arts-culture/2026/05/04/decibel-belmont-club-opening-weekend-former-berlin-location-boystown-northalsted | Steps from the Red Line , sandwiched between a cheese-based bar and a mobile phone repair shop, the new nightclub Decibel is quickly filling up. It is Saturday night of the club’s opening weekend. Free entry ended at 10 p.m. and the line stretches down the block, past what is … |
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | NBC Local | Rare blowing dust advisory issued for Chicago area ahead of strong to severe storms | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rare-blowing-dust-advisory-issued-for-chicago-area-ahead-of-strong-to-severe-storms/3931389/ | The National Weather Service has issued a blowing dust advisory for parts of the Chicago area Monday, with winds gusting as high as 35 miles per hour and the chance for strong to severe storms by evening. According to NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Alicia Roman, a blowing dust advisory … |
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | NBC Local | Video shows United flight striking pole, truck on New Jersey Turnpike during landing | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/shocking-video-shows-united-flight-striking-pole-truck-on-new-jersey-turnpike-during-landing/3931404/ | A United Airlines passenger jet carrying 221 passengers from Venice, Italy, struck a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike on Sunday afternoon as it was coming in for a landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, authorities said. The Chicago-based airline said none of the passengers or 10 crew members … |
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Chicago police: Man shot, killed outside South Side restaurant | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-man-shot-killed-outside-south-side-restaurant | #### The Brief * * A 26-year-old man was shot late Sunday night outside a restaurant on the South Side. * He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died. * No arrests have been reported. **CHICAGO** \- A 26-year-old man was shot and killed late … |
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Man shot in Chicago domestic dispute, woman arrested: police | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-shot-chicago-domestic-dispute-woman-arrested | #### The Brief * * A 31-year-old man was shot in the thigh during a domestic altercation early Monday. * A woman was taken into custody at the scene. * The man was hospitalized in good condition. **CHICAGO** \- A man was injured and a woman arrested after a domestic … |
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Some Brookfield Zoo Chicago workers strike as contract talks stall | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/brookfield-zoo-chicago-strike | ![Brookfield Zoo Chicago strike: Some workers walk off job][1] #### [ Brookfield Zoo Chicago strike: Some workers walk off job ][2] Some Brookfield Zoo Chicago workers are on strike Monday. #### The Brief * * The union for employees at Brookfield Zoo Chicago says more than 100 members went on … |
| View Article | 7:01 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Little-known court case hints at larger issue in Orthodox Jewish community — child sexual abuse, and secrecy | https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/05/04/orthodox-jewish-community-child-sexual-abuse-north-side-rabbi | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][80] * [ Facebook ][81] * [ Bluesky ][82] * [ Email ][83] * [ Reddit ][84] * [ Flipboard ][85] At first blush, a case unfolding in Cook County Judge Daniel Gallagher’s courtroom has the hallmarks of a neighbor … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Is it dance? Is it art? Brendan Fernandes defies definition | https://chicago.suntimes.com/dance/2026/05/04/driehaus-museum-brendan-fernandes-performances-in-the-round | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][65] * [ Facebook ][66] * [ Bluesky ][67] * [ Email ][68] * [ Reddit ][69] * [ Flipboard ][70] The Murphy Auditorium inside Chicago’s Driehaus Museum is an unusual room with a lot of churchy touches. Choir stalls … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | A volunteer project is turning Chicagoan’s collection of live recordings into online archive that can play on forever | https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2026/05/04/aadam-jacobs-online-archive-tapes-concerts | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][52] * [ Facebook ][53] * [ Bluesky ][54] * [ Email ][55] * [ Reddit ][56] * [ Flipboard ][57] Aadam Jacobs has been thinking a lot about the late Chicago photographer Vivian Maier. “Remember how she took a … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Dear Abby: Longtime friend has used me as free therapy for years | https://chicago.suntimes.com/dear-abby/2026/05/04/dearabby-today-dear-abby-needy-friend-uses-longtime-friendship-as-free-therapy | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][44] * [ Facebook ][45] * [ Bluesky ][46] * [ Email ][47] * [ Reddit ][48] * [ Flipboard ][49] **DEAR ABBY:** I have a friend I have known for a very long time. We bonded 10 years ago … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Illinois' proposed school cellphone ban doesn't go far enough | https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/04/cellphone-school-cyberbullied-king-charles-trump-vance-kimmel-ohtani-murakami | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][20] * [ Facebook ][21] * [ Bluesky ][22] * [ Email ][23] * [ Reddit ][24] * [ Flipboard ][25] Illinois legislators have taken a [ step forward ][26] with [ Senate Bill 2427 ][27] , which bans student … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Man fatally shot walking out of Greater Grand Crossing sub restaurant | https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/05/04/man-fatally-shot-walking-out-of-greater-grand-crossing-sub-restaurant | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][12] * [ Facebook ][13] * [ Bluesky ][14] * [ Email ][15] * [ Reddit ][16] * [ Flipboard ][17] A man was shot and killed after walking out of a fast food restaurant late Sunday in the Greater … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Breaking down Blackhawks' odds entering NHL draft lottery: Shot at Gavin McKenna, Ivar Stenberg on the line | https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2026/05/04/blackhawks-nhl-draft-lottery-odds-gavin-mckenna-ivar-stenberg-panthers-pick | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] By this point, [ Blackhawks ][7] general manager Kyle Davidson has probably memorized the NHL draft-lottery odds for the … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Magazine | Five Homes That Painted It Black (and White) | https://www.chicagomag.com/real-estate/five-homes-that-painted-it-black-and-white/ | Just scrolling through new or refreshed homes on Zillow and Redfin shows that the black and white design trend remains as popular as ever. It started more than a decade ago: In the mid-2010s, the [ modern white farmhouse style ][11] , popularized by Joanna Gaines and HGTV, gained traction … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Magazine | Brian Stack Makes His Late Night Exit | https://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/brian-stack-makes-his-late-night-exit/ | When _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ airs its last show May 21 after a consistently ratings-topping and multiple-Emmy-winning 11-year-ish run on CBS, more than 200 people will be out of work or moving on to new jobs. That includes Colbert’s staff of 20-plus writers, among them Chicago-area native and … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | Chicago Magazine | Tyler Marsh | https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/may-2026/how-the-skys-coach-gave-up-fast-food/ | T hough Tyler Marsh played two years of Division I college basketball at Alabama-Birmingham, he soon realized his place was on the sideline. “Coaching is in my blood,” says Marsh, whose father, Donnie, was a longtime college coach. “I wanted to use basketball to make a positive impact in people’s … |
| View Article | 7 a.m. | May 4, 2026 | CBS Local | Apparent hantavirus outbreak kills 3 on cruise ship, sickens at least 3 more, health officials say | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hantavirus-outbreak-apparent-cruise-ship-atlantic-africa-cape-verde/ | _Cape Town, South Africa_ — A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization and South Africa's Department of Health said Sunday. In a statement … |